Commission on the Protection of the Black Sea Against Pollution Permanent Secretariat Final ‘Diagnostic Report’ to guide improvements to the regular reporting process on the state of the Black Sea environment Date: 03 th August 2010 1 List of Contents EXECUTIVE SUMMARY................................................................................................................................................ 7 ITRODUCTIO............................................................................................................................................................12 SECTIO I: BSIMAP AD BSIS ..................................................................................................................................16 SECTIO II: MOITORIG, DATA FLOWS TO THE BSC AD IDICATORS: ACHIEVEMETS AD THE BOTTLEECKS..............................................................................................................................................................27 II.1. MONITORING ..............................................................................................................................................27 II.1.1. Regional monitoring ..........................................................................................................................27 II.1.2. ational monitoring systems – status quo, gaps in data collected.....................................................29 II.1.2.1. Bulgaria....................................................................................................................................................... 31 II.1.2.2. Georgia ....................................................................................................................................................... 31 II.1.2.3. Romania...................................................................................................................................................... 32 II.1.2.4. Russian Federation...................................................................................................................................... 33 II.1.2.5. Turkey......................................................................................................................................................... 34 II.1.2.6. Ukraine ....................................................................................................................................................... 35 II.2. DATA FLOW TO THE BSC............................................................................................................................37 II.3. DATA OUTSIDE OF THE OFFICIAL REPORTING ..............................................................................................38 II. 4. PROJECT RELATED MONITORING AND DATA BASES CREATED IN THE BLACK SEA REGION SINCE 2001.......52 II.5. QUALITY CONTROL /ASSURANCE .................................................................................................................52 II.6. SUITABILITY OF DATA FOR CALCULATING INDICATORS ..............................................................................53 II.6.1 utrients..............................................................................................................................................53 II.6.2 Dissolved oxygen - hypoxia.................................................................................................................59 II.6.3 Chlorophyll – in situ & observed........................................................................................................60 II.6.4 Biodiversity .........................................................................................................................................64 II.6.5. Fisheries and aquaculture .................................................................................................................67 II.6.6 Hazardous Substances in biota (and sediments)................................................................................69 II.6.7 LBS inputs from direct and riverine sources......................................................................................72 II.6.8. Inputs from shipping ..........................................................................................................................77 II.6.9 Climate change impact indicators .....................................................................................................78 II.6.10 Bathing waters .................................................................................................................................85 SECTIO III: COCLUSIOS AD RECOMMEDATIOS................................................................................ 86 AEX I: PROJECTS I THE BLACK SEA REGIO...........................................................................................102 AEX II. BSIMAP MADATORY AD OPTIOAL PARAMETERS .............................................................140 AEX III : META DATA SUBMITTED TO THE BSC .........................................................................................149 AEX IV. FISHERY REPORT O SUITABILITY OF BSIS DATA FOR CALCULATIO OF IDICATORS165 AEX V: ORTHWARD MOVEMET OF SPECIES .........................................................................................185 AEX VI: PROPOSED EW IDICATORS FROM THE BLACK SEA............................................................204 AEX VII: ‘FORWARD’ LOOKIG AT MSFD (AEX I)................................................................................208 2 List of Figures Figure 1. BSIMAP monitoring stations .................................................................................................................................... 28 Figure 2. Map of sampling stations in Bulgarian Black Sea waters.......................................................................................... 31 Figure 3. Map of monitoring stations in Romanian Black Sea waters...................................................................................... 32 Figure 4. Maps of stations monitored by the Centers in Tuapse (1-5) and Sochi (last scheme) in Russian Black Sea waters. ...................................................................................................................................................................................... 34 Figure 5. Map of sampling stations in Turkish Black Sea waters............................................................................................. 35 Figure 6. Map of sampling stations in Ukrainian Black Sea waters. ........................................................................................ 36 Figure 7. Map of sampling stations observed by IO-BAS in Bulgarian Black Sea waters ....................................................... 41 Figure 8. Map of sampling stations monitored by IFR-Varna in Bulgarian Black Sea waters: (1) transects Kaliakra (1), Galata (2), Emine (3); Bourgas Bay (second figure). ............................................................................................................... 42 Figure 9. Map of Varna/Beloslav Lakes and Varna Bay ......................................................................................................... 42 Figure 10. Map of sampling stations observed by CLOE in Bulgarian Black Sea waters ........................................................ 43 Figure 11. Map of sampling stations in the Eastern, Central and Western Black Sea, observed by the Gelendjik Institute..... 45 Figure 12. Map of sampling area covered by the Shirshov Institute and the “standard” monitoring transect in front of Gelendjik (second figure)......................................................................................................................................................... 45 Figure 13. Map of sampling points in the Novorossiysk Bay and along the Russian coast...................................................... 46 Figure 14. Map of sampling stations in the Black and Azov Seas............................................................................................ 47 Figure 15. Map of sampling stations observed by IMS/METU in Turkish Black Sea waters. ................................................. 48 Figure 16. Map of sampling stations in the vicinity of Sinop................................................................................................... 49 Figure 17. Map of regular (●) and episodical (▲) studies of parameters of the environment in the coastal zone of Crimea performed by the Department of Applied Oceanology and Aquaculture, IBSS NANU.......................................................... 50 Figure 18. Sampling locations around the Island of Zmeiniy in 2004-2009: UA, external data............................................... 51 Figure 19. Interannual changes of upper layer concentrations of inorganic species of N, P, Si in the North-Eastern Black Sea averaged for the 5-years intervals. ..................................................................................................................................... 57 Figure 20. N/P ratio seasonal dynamics at Sulina in 1990-1997 compared to 1998-2003 (NW Black Sea), data A. Cociasu, NIMRD, Constanta, Romania.(A); N/P ratio dynamics in 0-5 m layer in the NE Black Sea in 1989-2006 (B). ....... 58 Figure 21. Long-term variability of phosphorus, silica and nitrogen species in Romanian waters........................................... 58 Figure 22. Long-term variations of spatial coverage of hypoxia in